[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 134 (Tuesday, July 14, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 37782]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18588]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 300

[FRL-6123-6]


National Oil and Hazardous Substances Contingency Plan; National 
Priorities List Update

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of deletion of the Novaco Industries Superfund site from 
the National Priorities List (NPL).

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the 
deletion of the Novaco Industries Site in Michigan from the National 
Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is Appendix B of 40 CFR part 300 which 
is the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Contingency Plan (NCP), 
which EPA promulgated pursuant to section 105 of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(CERCLA), as amended. This action is being taken by EPA and the State 
of Michigan, because it has been determined that Responsible Parties 
have implemented all appropriate response actions required. Moreover, 
EPA and the State of Michigan have determined that remedial actions 
conducted at the site to date remain protective of public health, 
welfare, and the environment.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 14, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Russell Hart at (312) 886-4844 (SR-
6J), Remedial Project Manager or Gladys Beard at (312) 886-7253, 
Associate Remedial Project Manager, Superfund Division, U.S. EPA--
Region V, 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604. Information on the 
site is available at the local information repository located at: The 
Bedford Township Hall and Monroe County Library-Bedford, Bedford, 
Michigan. Requests for comprehensive copies of documents should be 
directed formally to the Regional Docket Office. The contact for the 
Regional Docket Office is Jan Pfundheller (H-7J), U.S. EPA, Region V, 
77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604, (312) 353-5821.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The site to be deleted from the NPL is: 
Novaco Industries Site located in Temperance, Michigan. A Notice of 
Intent to Delete for this site was published May 27, 1998 (63 FR 
28961). The closing date for comments on the Notice of Intent to Delete 
was June 26, 1998. EPA received no comments and therefore no 
Responsiveness Summary was prepared.
    The EPA identifies sites which appear to present a significant risk 
to public health, welfare, or the environment and it maintains the NPL 
as the list of those sites. Sites on the NPL may be the subject of 
Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (Fund-) financed remedial 
actions. Any site deleted from the NPL remains eligible for Fund-
financed remedial actions in the unlikely event that conditions at the 
site warrant such action. Section 300.425(e)(3) of the NCP states that 
Fund-financed actions may be taken at sites deleted from the NPL in the 
unlikely event that conditions at the site warrant such action. 
Deletion of a site from the NPL does not affect responsible party 
liability or impede agency efforts to recover costs associated with 
response efforts.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300

    Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Chemicals, 
Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste, Intergovernmental relations, 
Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Superfund, Water 
pollution control, Water supply.

    Dated: July 1, 1998.
David Ullrich,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region V.

    40 CFR part 300 is amended as follows:

PART 300--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for part 300 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(c)(2); 42 U.S.C. 9601-9657; E.O. 
12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p.351; E.O. 12580, 52 FR 
2923, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 193.

Appendix B [Amended]

    2. Table 1 of Appendix B to part 300 is amended by removing the 
Site ``Novaco Industries, Temperance, Michigan.''
[FR Doc. 98-18588 Filed 7-13-98; 8:45 am]
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